# This... Is... Jeopardy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 9, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083 "2021-01-09T01:00:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/462 "2023-07-05T17:59:22Z")
What are potato sticks? 1. The 45th President’s complexion after using artificial tanner has often been compared to this popular radium-orange colored puffed corn snack. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/463 "2023-07-05T19:16:27Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > What are potato sticks? I was looking for **french fries** ; what is the judges decision? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/464 "2023-07-06T09:09:57Z")
What are Cheetos? 1. This risqué-sounding British dessert derives its name from an archaic word for “pudding” ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/465 "2023-07-06T16:23:27Z")
What is spotted dick? Next: **Tony Award Winners** 1. This diminutive singer won a Tony in the “Best Featured Actress in a Musical” category, for portraying Sally in the 1999 revival of _You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown._ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/466 "2023-07-06T19:06:00Z")
Who is Kristin Chenoweth? 1. This musical adaptation of a 1967 film holds the record for most Tonys won by a single production. (I guess time ran out before we could get to the last clue in the previous category.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/467 "2023-07-06T19:16:34Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > (I guess time ran out before we could get to the last clue in the previous category.) ((Or, I can’t count to “5” reliably. 😉 )) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/468 "2023-07-07T12:04:14Z")
What is The Producers? Rewind to **Food and Drink** 1. Common ingredients in this drink addition include orange peel, gentian root, cassia bark, cascarilla, and cinchona bark. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/469 "2023-07-07T21:22:01Z")
What are bitters? – _(Alex, I’d like #3 in **Tony Award Winners** , please)_ 1. This multiple Tony winner was a musical with songs that touched on such subjects as racism, the internet, sex, masturbation, and psychology. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/470 "2023-07-07T21:34:37Z")
What is Avenue Q? 1. This musical adapted from a 1969 album was nominated for eleven Tonys and won five ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/471 "2023-07-08T14:06:36Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Nitpick: “Gemini” was the name of the project. The spacecraft was a “Titan II GLV” or “Gemini Titan II”. > [Titan II GLV - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_II_GLV) Nuther Nitpick: That is the _launch vehicle_. The astros rode in the spacecraft, the part that orbited, which was called the Gemini Spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/472 "2023-07-08T21:01:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This musical adapted from a 1969 album was nominated for eleven Tonys and won five beep-beep-beep The answer we were looking for was “What is Tommy?” Time to close out this cursed category. 1. This two-part play, subtitled “A Gay Fantasia on National Themes”, was adapted for television in 2003 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/473 "2023-07-08T21:55:25Z")
What is “Angels in America”? Next category: **The Elements** 1. This radioactive element is named after a husband-and-wife team of scientists, who were both known for their research into radioactivity. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/474 "2023-07-08T22:10:19Z")
What is Curium? 1. This element’s chemical symbol comes from the first two letters of the Latin _ferrum_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/475 "2023-07-08T22:55:58Z")
What is iron? 1. Tom Lehrer listed off the elements in a song set to a tune by these 19th century composers ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/476 "2023-07-08T23:11:15Z")
Who are Gilbert and Sullivan? 1. The ancients believed that the universe consisted of four elements: earth, air, water, and this. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/477 "2023-07-08T23:58:24Z")
What is “fire”? 1. Besides the letter “Q”, this is the only other letter not contained in any element’s symbol in the periodic table. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/478 "2023-07-09T02:03:56Z")
What is J? New category: Misleading Names. 1. This English nature preserve was established in 1079 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/479 "2023-07-09T03:32:55Z")
What is the New Forest? 1. This Post cereal made from flour, salt and dried yeast contains neither of the two ingredients that make up its name. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/480 "2023-07-09T04:34:32Z")
What are Grape Nuts? Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083/481 "2023-07-09T05:47:18Z")
No, wait, I’ve got one now. 1. The rock band Ben Folds Five has this many members [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-jeopardy/930083.md?page=25)